MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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